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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary Presents:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Heading Upstream: An Alewife’s Spawning Journey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">A Barnstable Harbor and Sandy Neck Exploration Cruise</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Heading Upstream: An Alewife’s Spawning Journey<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Dates: May 2, 2015 1:00pm-3:30pm</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Rd. Barnstable, MA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">02637</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:91%"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:91%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Presenter: Abigail Archer, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:#333333">Like other<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><em><b><span style="color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">anadromous</span></b></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color:#333333"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color:#333333">fish
that live their lives in saltwater and ascend freshwater rivers to spawn, the alewife (</span></b><em><b><span style="color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Alosa pseudoharengus</span></b></em><b><span style="color:#333333">) makes its yearly
pilgrimage up the Marstons Mills River to set in motion yet another generational cycle. This small and unassuming fish plays an immense role in the ecology of New England's inshore, coastal environment as forage for striped bass, bluefish, whales, gulls and
ospreys. <br>
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<b><span style="color:#333333">In this progam, participants will learn interesting facts about the herring's lifecycle from expert Abigail Archer of the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension. The class will then venture into the field to visit a herring run on the
Marstons Mills River and will hopefully witness these fish in their natural environment. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about and encounter one of Cape Cod's most illustrious seasonal visitors. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:91%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:91%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Registration not required. For directions and to learn more, visit Long Pasture’s
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=28:program_code=39640">
Events Page</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Barnstable Harbor and Sandy Neck Exploration Cruise<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Dates: May 17, 2015 11:00am-1:00pm</span></b><span style="color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Rd. Barnstable, MA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:91%"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:91%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#282828">Presenter: Ian Ives, Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Join Long Pasture Naturalist Ian Ives on an educational exploration of Barnstable Harbor and the Great Marsh. This cruise aboard the eco-tourism vessel, the Horseshoe
Crab, will focus on the unique birds and wildlife that inhabit the 8,000 acre marsh ecosystem.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:white">Register Online
<a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=28:program_code=39641">
here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joshua Wrigley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Education Coordinator<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">MassAudubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">345 Bone Hill Rd. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barnstable, MA 02637<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">jwrigley@massaudubon.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: 508-362-7475 Ext. 9355<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 518-810-9478<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="www.massaudubon.org">www.massaudubon.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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